Eggs - eggs are deposited 13 to 20 per pod. They are light brown
with prominent reddish-brown thickenings. Eggs are arranged in two or three
columns within the pod. Average egg length, 4.1 mm; average diameter, 1.1
mm (Ball et al., 1942; Onsager and Mulkern, 1963).

Nymph - five instars (Ramsay, 1964).

Adult - medium size. General color is dark greyish-brown. Face
is vertical. Vertex is rounded. Top of head and pronotum are finely textured.
Antennae are slender, gradually widening toward the tip. Dorsal posterior
margin of pronotum forms a rounded, right angle. Median carina of pronotum
is slightly notched near the middle. Tegmina often have a pale, dorsal
stripe. Wings are red or yellow bordered with black. Abdomen is conspicuously
yellow. Hind femora are robust: the inner face is black on the basal half,
and yellow with a black band on the distal half. Hind tibiae are light
yellow to blue. Male length, 25 mm; female, 30 mm (Ball et all., 1942;
Hewitt and Barr, 1967).
Flight is loud (Criddle, 1933a).

Bottom view of male thorax

Bottom view of female thorax

Hind femur

Wing

Seasonal history - eggs are produced in summer and hatch in August.
Overwintering is in nymphal stages. Adults are present from mid-May to
mid-July (Mulkern et al., 1964; Mulkern et al., 1969; Newton et al., 1954).
A.
conspersa may have a two-year life cycle (Hewitt and Barr, 1967).